The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-05-21

! "The one particular oifense is the fail
! ure to sign the river aud harbor bill
'Tis is a measure which vitality affects
the people of Louisiana and of the
South. A few days ago l wrote a let
ter to the Mississippi river commission
about certain work, and in due coul sc
of matt receive i a reply that my sug-
gestions, while good, could not be
needed, because there wes no money
to pay the salaries of the members OF
the commission"
"What js the effect of the failure OF
the river and harbor bill ?" asked.
"lt will stop work on vital public
Improvements under way. In some
instances it will be the cause of the
disconsinuance Of work for Il year--
virtually de eatroy public works hereto-
fore begun. The Improvement Of the
Mississippi river andi's 'ibutaries is of
COMMANDING INTEREST
to the Southern section. In the Slate
Of Louisiana ii is of supreme interest.
| recatt that in the canvsss we had n
year ago one Of our public meu, in his
peroration of nearly every speech
made. would say OF Cleveland: 'Yes,
and brave man he is. Although be.
set by influences Of great power tC veto
the river and harbor bill, he wss brave
enough to dip his pen in Ink aud sign
it, What the people Of Louisiana are
now in quandry about is to know
what has become Of that ink bottle
and pen"
"You then think the national adj
ministration not over popuIar?"
"I think this: 1t Is not making any
impression at all. told President
Cleveland over year ago that the
Democratic party ought 10 have some
distictive measure upon which 1t could
rally; that it wouldn't do 10 merely
drift along. As matter of fact, the
Inter. State Commerce law over shadows
the Administration. The eople every
where aflecttd d by 1t take more interest
in this Commission than they do in
the national administration. AS Pres.
ident of the United States and leader
of the Democracy, Mr.. Cleveland
should have formulated some measure
or policy djstiuctiveiy Democratic.
The trouble ss that he has not, and the
natural re 'Vlt 's no rsiRsm. To
put it mole plainly, the President, by
his admin 'strative cov' 50, he's chile d
all the enthusiasm out OF the party"
The Senator WIS unwilling to discuss
the chance of Mr.. Cleveland's renomi-
nation, or OF his election II again re.
nominated. then said:
"Senator, what do you think o, Gov.
Hill, of New York;"
Gle is acting very funny" he said,
"I do not understand him."
am not at liberty to interpret the
meaning of this answer in the Sena-
tors own words. l can, however,
give the impression 1t 's that there
seems to be too close Il relationship be-
tween Hill and Cleveland, which adds
TO the suspicion that after all Hill may
be secret ally of the man in tho White
House to advance his denomination
for n support four years later on.
"Doyou think the South will remain
solid ?" L asked the Senator.
"Yes," he answered ; 81 think it
will. The great mistake tho Isepubli-
can party made WIS giving the Negro
unlimited and unrestricted suffrage.
The white people of the South fear the
domination Of the Negro. But for the
race question l should not say that it
would heep solid. Thaddeus Stevens
and Morton. who fought unlimited
Negro suffrage, fore saw the copse-
quencns. The South will remain solid
as long as the race issue confronts it.
1t will subordinate everything else to
the race issue.'
"Doe5 the cabinet OF Mr.. Cleveland,
as whole or any component part,
make any imprr ssion with your pco-
pIe"
"Not Bit" WAS his decided answer.
"Nut Bit"